Roller skating shoe



2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 INVENTOR. MICHAEL GOLDE/VBERG ATTORNEYS M. GOLDENBERG ROLLER SKATING SHOE Oct. 28, 1952 Filed Oct. 2, 1947 Oct. 28, 1952 M. GOLDENB ERG ROLLER SKATING SHOE 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 Filed Oct. 2, 1947 INVENTOR. MICHAEL GOLDENBERG BY W M @WM A TTORNE Y5 Patented Oct. 28, 1952 UNITED .STATES PATENT: OFFICE ROLLERVSKATI'NG snon I Michael Gcldenberg, Merion, Pa. Application October 2, 1947,, Serial No. 777,412

This invention relates to shoes which are designed to be associated withskates and commonly known as roller skating shoes.

Roller skaters often desire to stop their progress abruptly. In order to enable them to do so the soles of roller skating shoes often have an auxiliary piece of material attached near the toe which serves as a brake when the wearer presses the same against the skating surface. This pressure is so great that it often curls-up the sole of the shoe at the toe end with deleterious effects both upon the shoe and the wearers toes.

It is the object of this invention to produce a skating shoe with a sole which will not curl-up at the toe end when subjected to reactive forces due to stopping pressures.

I achieve the foregoin object by positioning 4 Claims. (01. axe-11.2)

a resilient anti-curling plate near the toe end of said sole.

I have shown in the drawings which form a part hereof and will now describe an embodiment of said invention.

In said drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a roller skate attached to a roller skating shoe having my novel anti-curling plate as a component element thereof. The outsole is shown detached from the insole near the toe end of the shoe in order more clearly to show the otherwise hidden anti-curling plate.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the unit shown in Fig. l as it normally appears.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the skating shoe per se looking in the direction of arrow A in Fig. 2. A portion of the outsole has been broken away to show otherwise hidden parts.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the anti-curling plate shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein similar reference numerals denote similar parts, reference numeral I designates the combined shoe and skate as a unit which consists of the shoe 2 and roller-skate 3. The shoe 2 may be attached to the skate 3 in any of the various manners Well known in the art. In the embodiment here shown the shoe 2 is attached to the skate 3 by suitable rivets 16.

The shoe 2 consists of an upper 4, a sole 5, a stop element 6 which is attached to the toe end 1 of the said sole 5 in any of the various ways known to the trade, and an anti-curling plate 8.

The anti-curling plate 8 is positioned between the insole I3 and outsole l4 and consists of a base member 9 terminating in the spaced fingers 2 7 H1. The space I! between the fingers It is provided-so th'at' i t may'receive a shaft such as 12 on which the stop element 6 is often detachably attached to said sole 5. The anti-curlin plate 8 is attached to the outsole H! by suitable means such as the nails I5 which extend through suitable holes I! formed in the plate 8. The base 9 of the anti-curling plate 8 is anchored by means of the rivets [5 which also serve to attach the toe end of the roller-skate to the sole 5 of the roller skating shoe 2. One of these rivets l6 extends through said space I I.

The anti-curling plate 8 may be made of any material having the desired strength and resiliency. The anti-curling plate here shown is made of spring steel.

The anti-curling plate 8 may be positioned either between any of the layers of the sole 5 or so as to contact either the upper or lower surface of said sole 5.

In use pressure of the stop element 6 against the skating surface (not shown) causes a pressure on the toe end of the sole 5 in the direction of the arrow B. This force is counteracted by the pressure in the opposite direction exerted by the arms IU of the anti-curling plate 8 thereby preventing the curling-up of the toe end of the sole 5 and shoe 2 of which it forms a component element.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and useful is:

1. In a roller skating shoe consistingof an upper, a sole consistin of an insole element and an outsole element attached to said upper, a stop member carrying shaft attached to said sole near the toe end thereof, and a stop member carried by said stop member carrying shaft, an anticurling plate positioned between said insole and outsole and overlying said stop member, said anti-curling plate consisting of a body member terminating in two spaced fingers, said spaced fingers receiving said stop member carrying shaft between them.

2. In a roller skating shoe consisting of an upper, a sole consisting of an insole element and an outsole element attached to said upper, a stop member carrying shaft attached to said sole near the toe end thereof, and a stop member carried by said stop member carrying shaft, an anti-curling plate positioned between said insole and outsole and overlying said stop member, said anticurling plate consisting of a body member terminating in two spaced fingers, said spaced fingers receiving said stop member carrying shaft between them; and means anchoring the body 3 member of said anti-curling plate to said skating shoe.

3. In a roller skating unit consisting of a roller skate and a shoe attached to said skate, said shoe consisting of an upper, a sole consisting of an insole element and an outsole element attached to said upper, a stop member carrying shaft attached to said sole near the toe end thereof, and a stop member carried by said stop member carrying shaft, an anti-curling plate positioned between said insole and outsole and overlying said stop member, said anti-curling plate consisting of a body member terminating in two spaced fingers, said spaced fingers receiving said stop member carrying shaft between them.

4. In a roller skating unit consisting of a roller skate and a shoe attached to said skate, said shoe consisting of an upper, a sole consisting of an insole element and an outsole element attached to said upper, a stop member carrying shaft attached to said sole near the toe end thereof, and a stop member carried by said stop member carrying shaft, an anti-curling plate positioned between said insole and outsole and overlying said stop member, said anti-curling plate consisting of a body member terminating in two spaced fingers, said spaced fingers receiving said stop 5 member carrying shaft between them; and means anchoring the body member of said anti-curling plate to said skate and shoe.

MICHAEL GOLDENBERG.

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